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JO
Jon
dbl posted:
I mean... I first heard of The Darkness in the 00's due to the Christmas number one race. I don't think it's totally alien for older millennials

It’s basically the last of the classic Christmas songs.
BM
BM11
dbl posted:
BM11 posted:
dbl posted:
I mean... I first heard of The Darkness in the 00's due to the Christmas number one race. I don't think it's totally alien for older millennials

Not sure my parents are millennial. The age group before.

Gen X

1955 and 1963.
Basically the professional singers are good names for millennial's less so for previous gens because they not the types who have done the reality circuit building up recognition amoung those who don't follow modern music but the non singers feel like the people older audiences will know.
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BR
Brekkie
Just enjoy it for what it is. We all know the calibre of celebs that appear on such shows and frankly other than the last two minutes of the show it doesn't matter on this. It's an enjoyable 90 minutes of television - complete and utter nonsense, but television needs a bit of that sometimes.
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BM
BM11
Brekkie posted:
Just enjoy it for what it is. We all know the calibre of celebs that appear on such shows and frankly other than the last two minutes of the show it doesn't matter on this. It's an enjoyable 90 minutes of television - complete and utter nonsense, but television needs a bit of that sometimes.

True but I think the nature of the show means an unknown name to them leaves some people on a bummer - i.e the guessing is fun when you get it wrong but you know the person but when you don't the reaction is not laughter but confusion (I do have parents who love to moan at TV and get dangerously angry by some shows through.)
BR
Brekkie
BM11 posted:
(I do have parents who love to moan at TV and get dangerously angry by some shows through.)

Safe to say you're not adopted then. Very Happy
BM
BM11
Brekkie posted:
BM11 posted:
(I do have parents who love to moan at TV and get dangerously angry by some shows through.)

Safe to say you're not adopted then. Very Happy

I spent most of the show correctly prepping them for an unknown to them reveal.
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BM
BM11
https://www.loudersound.com/features/remembering-david-bowie-by-skin-of-skunk-anansie
Further prove of who Duck is.
I am leaning Rhydian Roberts for the Hedgehog but not with any confidence.

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JA
james-2001
The Darkness were massive around 2003/2004, so I'm suprised some people are getting so uppity not knowing who Justin is. He's not that obscure even if he hasn't been in the limelight for a while. He's more well known than some of the names I've heard suggested for some of the other contestants
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BM
BM11
james-2001 posted:
The Darkness were massive around 2003/2004, so I'm suprised some people are getting so uppity not knowing who Justin is. He's not that obscure even if he hasn't been in the limelight for a while

A lot of the audience will be people who a while ago is 1970.
The winner feels like a battle between the Queen Bee and the Octopus or Daisy going by the performance ability. If the Octopus is Courtney Act only those who saw her series of Celebrity Big Brother or Drag Race will know her.
JA
james-2001
BM11 posted:
james-2001 posted:
The Darkness were massive around 2003/2004, so I'm suprised some people are getting so uppity not knowing who Justin is. He's not that obscure even if he hasn't been in the limelight for a while

A lot of the audience will be people who a while ago is 1970.


Ahh, so we should only have people on the show who 50+ people will have heard of?
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BM
BM11
james-2001 posted:
BM11 posted:
james-2001 posted:
The Darkness were massive around 2003/2004, so I'm suprised some people are getting so uppity not knowing who Justin is. He's not that obscure even if he hasn't been in the limelight for a while

A lot of the audience will be people who a while ago is 1970.


Ahh, so we should only have people on the show who 50+ people will have heard of?

It's the toughest issue for the show balancing different demographics. For ITV an younger audience does make commercial sense with a few people that older audiences might know.
ST
Steve Founding member
I love the irony that virtually every post in this thread is also masked.

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